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sitting down for lunch with some VC's or C-level executives takes courage, and pitching your idea is literally asking for it to get shot down. ...where by "lit
by randallsquared 16y ago
sitting down for lunch with some VC's or C-level executives takes courage, and pitching your idea is literally asking for it to get shot down.
...where by "literally" you mean "figuratively". Unless VCs you lunch with habitually bring firearms or the like to lunch. :)
- yan 16y ago"Literally" and "figuratively" mean the same things figuratively, but different literally.
- jdminhbg 16y agoThat depends on whether you think "literally" is modifying "asking" or "shot."
- david_shaw 16y agoWell, I meant you were literally asking for critique, as opposed to just sitting down and fishing for empty compliments. Happy 2011, I just woke up and laughed at the thought of a VC with a rocket-propelled grenade.